Improved paper box



t spending parts.

the cover Vin place.

UNrTED* STATES.. PATENT QFFICE.'

BENNET OSBQRN, oF NEW Yonx, N.

" IMPRovED PAPER Box. p"

Y `Speciicaticm forming part of Letters Patent 100,65 8, dated March 8, 1870.

To all whom 'it may concern 1l Be it known that I, BENNE'r OsBoRN, of

l `the city, county, and State of New York, have i invented aV new and useful Improvement in Paper Boxes and` I ydofhereby declare that the` followingv is a full, clear, and ,exact description thereof, which will `enable those skilled in ih e art to lnake'and use thesame, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of'tliis specication. Y

` This' invention relates to a new and usef'ul improvement in `paper lboxes 4for packing dry articles, as spices, tobacco, cigars, and for all t `si-inilar.purposes;Hand` it consists in forming the box of afsingle piece of paper, with provision madefor securing and holding the cover of the box, and

akingthe top tight, as will 0 i be herelnatter more fully describe Figure-1 isa perspective vie'w of a paper box constructed according to my invention.

llig..2 is a cross-section through the line a: w

l l of Fig. 1.` s l Similar letters of reference indicate corre- A is the box,eveiynpart of which consists of a single pieceof paper, `Which-is cut before folding, as represented.5 in Fig. 3.

t I am aware'that paper boxes havebeen made of a single piece before; but such boxes t are defective, from the fact that there is no provision madefor keeping the box tight around thecoverwhen closed, nor forkeeping them, rendering the top of the box ti -of a single piece-5 but Y Witnesses:

w Y t B isthe cover, which shuts down with the lipor ange C Within the box, as seen in the drawing; or it may close over with the flange on the outside with a tuck in the front. represent flaps, 011e on each side of the box, which, before the cover is brought down and closed, `are turned down, as represented in Fig. 2, so that the cover closes down over l ght, and keeping the cover in place. l t

` The flaps DD may be attached to or form port ofthe cover; but in that case they would not sustain or keep the cover in place, and the `box would still be imperfect, although it might answer for some purposes.

I do not broadly claim making a paper box 'Having thus Vdescribed. my invention, what I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The paper box herein described, out from l a rectangle of paper without waste, having its front edge, as shown at C, when constructed .and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

` BENNET osBoRN.

ALEX. F, ROBERTS, C. L. TOPLIFF. 

